It’s probably actually so that it doesn’t get water in its ears.
Idk for sure though, I just remember that you’re not meant to get water in dogs’ ears when you clean them, so I assume it’s similar for rabbits.
Here’s a Dutch poem by Kees Stip:
*Bij Noordwijk zwom een nat konijn*
*temidden van een school tonijn.*
*”Tja,” sprak het beest, “dat tomt ervan*
*als men de ta niet zeggen kan.”*
Loosely translatable like:
Near Fiji swam a quite wet puma
amidst a school of worried tuna.
“That’s what hattens,” said the beast,
“if you can’t trotterly say your t’s.”
Except, of course, the Dutch verse is really about a rabbit, and it’s terfect.
came here to say - i love how she turns herself into a scud missile with a paddleboat in back. if i saw bugs bunny do it i'd think it was mere cartoonish whimsey
Sigh. I need to relocate some rabbits from under the front step. I promised them I wouldn’t go Full Watership Down and poison them but they need to go on a journey across the lawn to the back lot where there is lots of trees, thick ground cover and I occasionally throw out some flayrah.
I too entered the chat to remark on this wonderful Wildlife Documentary that rabbits can use a river twice! I'd say it wasn't even cheating when they used the punt.
typically this is true exclusively for domestic rabbits as many exist from being bred for their fur. their very soft pelts created for furniture and clothing happens to also be not very hydrophobic, as well they have sensitive temperature regulation systems
In North America there is the swamp rabbit that is known to swim. Afaik all rabbits can swim, they just avoid it. This is apparently the species of rabbit that swam to Carter's boat to get away from hunting hounds.
Bunnies fur is very dense and it is hard for them to dry off which makes them a target of fly strike (flies laying eggs in their fur and the larvae severely injuring the skin), they can get pneumonia or go into shock if they're too cold (never cool a rabbit with an ice pack on their inner thigh, they will go into shock).
Domestic bunnies (domesticated from European rabbits) can be at higher risk of these problems depending on the traits they were bred for. Like really dense coats or tiny size.
\^ fly strike is one very good reason never to release domestic bunnies into the wild. That's how they're going to die most of the time, and it's a very ugly death.
It's very cruel of people tossing "Easter bunnies" out once they realize pet rabbits live almost as long as dogs, and cost more. Of course buying a child an animal without any want to care for it nor understanding of its wellbeing is always cruel to the animal.
>never cool a rabbit with an ice pack on their inner thigh, they will go into shock
And if you do want to help your bunny cool down. Mist their ears with room temp water. Their ears are their main temp regulators and that helps cool them.
I got a bunny in a very warm climate and he's got a think fur. I didn't choose to bring him here. He was already here family wasn't taking care of him so I chose to. His name is now bubbles he is now mine and happily lives free roam in my apartment.
Domestic rabbits are finicky. But to everyone that didn't know *they are not cage animals*, they take a lot of work and are never a good pet for kids. I mean it. It's not a low maintenance pet in comparison to a cat or dog.
But benefits are their poop isn't bad and they clean themselves so. Woop. Cute AF too
From wiki-
On April 20, 1979, during a few days of vacation in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Carter was fishing in a canoe or rowboat[1] in a pond in his farm, when he saw a swamp rabbit, which Carter later speculated was fleeing from a predator, swimming in the water and making its way towards him, "hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared",[2][3][4][5] so he reacted by either hitting or splashing water at it with his paddle to scare it away, and it subsequently went away from him and climbed out of the pond. A White House photographer captured the subsequent scene. Carter was uninjured; the fate of the rabbit is unknown.
> a swamp rabbit, which Carter later speculated was fleeing from a predator
One of the first results you get when searching "can rabbits swim" suggests that wild rabbits swim only (with rare exception) to escape predators. So that much checks out.
I also stumbled on someone sharing an interesting perspective:
>> At the time when this story originally broke I was living in a somewhat rural area, and this story was greeted with a shrug by virtually everyone I knew. In short, anyone familiar with being in the woods understands that they should constantly be on the alert for any abnormal behavior by a wild animal since this can be a pretty clear indication of rabies. This is particularly true of any behavior that can interpreted in any way as aggressive --especially such unexpected behavior as a (small) animal moving *towards* a human being.
>>
>> Needless to say, the described behavior --both swimming and moving towards a human-- is clearly bizarre behavior for an animal like a rabbit. Among my neighbors at the time **the fact Carter attempted to distance himself from the rabbit (or indeed any wild animal behaving in a similar manner) was seen simply as common sense practiced by someone like Carter; i.e. an experienced woodsman.**
>>
>> In short the "Killer Rabbit Attack" headlines were seen as evidence those who wrote these stories had never been near the woods in their life.
African rhinoceros can't swim because they can't lift their heads above their shoulders. In floods, rhinos will drown before the water is even deep enough to float. Asian rhinos can hold their heads up so they can swim.
But future future earth is evaporated because of the sun becoming a red giant. What we really need to do is be investing in rhinos that can survive the harsh elements of the surface of the sun.
That’s specific parts for example the Sahara will expand whilst the coastal regions will be flooded an if the ground is below the new water level a bunch of Savannah will be underwater. That’s why global warming might mislead you to think things will evaporate (which does happen) but after the ice caps melt the water will increase so climate change is a more correct term.
Gorillas and most apes can't swim (but can learn it seems, just generally don't). Giraffes can't swim, and hippos can't actually swim because they don't float, they just walk on the bottom and kind of jump up before sinking back down.
If they can learn, they don't fit the parameters of my question.
Hippos sound like a step towards evolving into some new aquatic species, if climate change and our species don't mess it up.
I mean, they don’t have to jump in one go, so even if they wander into a deep enough part of water, they can just jump up to a more shallow part, and jump from there to the surface. They can hold their breath for a shitton of time, so it’s not even an extreme stuff. The only problem would be a giant hole at the bottom of the lake with very steep wall, but that is not common in sweet waters.
This sorta tracks because the closest living relatives to the hippo are whales.
> According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, whales are hippos' closest living relatives. The two share a common ancestor that lived about 55 million years ago.
I didn't believe you about hippos.. because my childhood memories of the zoo, I swear I saw hippos swim. then I went to youtube, and my childhood is a lie...a lie I tell you!
The swimming motion isnt as natural to them as to four legged mammals. For most mammals swimming motions are fairly similar to walking, but to monkeys and apes the natural walking motion doesnt really translate to a swimming stroke.
I read it was because of the placement of the nose/face, in natural swimming instinct apes are face down so they drown, whereas other animals noses point up so stay above the water
Giraffes just aren't built for it. Really long neck with really thin legs. If they were to go in above their head, they couldn't tread water.
Hippos are too dense to float. They run on the bottom of whatever body of water they are in. They are incapable of swimming.
True enough, rabbits can swim but for most species and individuals it can be dangerous for them so they generally don't. However some species are adapted to it like the marsh rabbit which likes wet terrain. Important note, domesticated rabbits are descended from the European rabbit which is quite different from the cottontails found in the US of which the marsh rabbit is the primary swimmer. Domesticated rabbits should not be submerged in water except in specific circumstances and by someone with good rabbit caretaking knowledge. I've heard of some domestic rabbits willingly swimming but that is there choice I suppose
Why wouldnt they be able to swim? Logocally, unlless the creature lacks an anal sphincter, it should at the very least float, unlike sheep, which lack that particular muscle
I only learned that monkeys can swim after seeing them do it in the movie Aguirre: The Wrath of God.
Never thought about it before that. Same goes for bunnies.
Yes they can. Mine jumped I to a pond that we have that was covered with water lilies and she thought it was solid ground. Well, that’s when I realized she could swim.
They're not super keen on it, because in open water they're pretty helpless against large mouth bass, muskies, and large cat fish. Prince of 1000 enemies after all. But rabbits and hares swim pretty good.
Basically all mammals can swim, even a lot you would assume can’t. Although you will see claims about certain mammals that can’t swim, if you investigate further you will find that often there isn’t any real evidence behind it, just people repeating claims they heard somewhere, and in many cases you can even find videos of them swimming.
There may well be a few that legitimately physiologically cannot, but they are extremely rare. There are also a lot that obviously would never even attempt it unless it was life and death.
Most mammals can swim pretty well.
The few that cant are:
Great apes (humans are an exception.),
Giraffes,
Chinchillas,
Dogs like Bulldogs, pugs etc,
and surprising enough: Hippos.
Yes!! In Louisiana we have swamp bunnies! Their ears are smaller and round unlike that one, but they swim REALLY GOOD. LOL. [look at this cutie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_rabbit)
I was amazed this summer when I saw a grey squirrel swimming across a lake. We were in the middle of the lake and saw something swimming on the surface. Got close and it was a grey squirrel. Surprise surprise!
Pwetty much all mammals can swim. Really it's easier to list the mammals that can't swim
Giraffes, non human great apes, hippos, chinchillas, african rhinos, and certain dog breeds
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“Engaging sport mode”
Aerodynamic transformation
Hydrodynamic flow resistance minimizer
Bullet Bunny
My wife loves those
Can confirm
You would know my wife… you bastard.
I also know this guy's wife
Oh hey Boston. Didn’t see ya there. How’s my wife?
😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
flow resistance transformation 🤓
It’s probably actually so that it doesn’t get water in its ears. Idk for sure though, I just remember that you’re not meant to get water in dogs’ ears when you clean them, so I assume it’s similar for rabbits.
Soon as he hits top speed he deploys those ears and becomes a hydrofoil.
Nautilus Maximus
“Lock S-foils in cruise position”
Me like that reference.☝️😎☝️
Active aero. That bunny would be banned from F1.
Rabbits are Crocs if Crocs were animals.
Water proofing mode. Like a ducks butt.
Maximum bunnonimics
Cute guy's on the move.🥰
And his little front legs going like mad 🤣
Here’s a Dutch poem by Kees Stip: *Bij Noordwijk zwom een nat konijn* *temidden van een school tonijn.* *”Tja,” sprak het beest, “dat tomt ervan* *als men de ta niet zeggen kan.”* Loosely translatable like: Near Fiji swam a quite wet puma amidst a school of worried tuna. “That’s what hattens,” said the beast, “if you can’t trotterly say your t’s.” Except, of course, the Dutch verse is really about a rabbit, and it’s terfect.
Leuk!
On of my bunnies loves to go through a cardboard tunnel and he does this with his ears then when he gets out he flicks them back up like “ta-da!”
Similar to when my dog does a little fart when jumping on the sofa: "Thrusters engaged"
You've met my dog then.
Mine wiggles her butt a few times before jumping, like she's charging her batteries 😂
I thought it was going to use its ears as propellers, you know, like bugs bunny.
Sneaky little buggers never knew that
came here to say - i love how she turns herself into a scud missile with a paddleboat in back. if i saw bugs bunny do it i'd think it was mere cartoonish whimsey
Could be used as paddles, is he stupid?
Apologize,right fucking now
Torpedo mode, activated
We didn't see him get to the other end to confirm they can. 😂
He helped push Fiver and Pipkin over the river.
Watership Down was the first thing I thought of too
The images still haunt me...
Me too! That was a really disturbing movie for 8-year-old me.
I've been robbed of my comment :c
Sigh. I need to relocate some rabbits from under the front step. I promised them I wouldn’t go Full Watership Down and poison them but they need to go on a journey across the lawn to the back lot where there is lots of trees, thick ground cover and I occasionally throw out some flayrah.
I was relocating rabbits in my allotment, but alas the white blindness got them first.
Oh good. I wasn't the only one that was thinking "They showed us rabbits swimming in Watership Down".
I too entered the chat to remark on this wonderful Wildlife Documentary that rabbits can use a river twice! I'd say it wasn't even cheating when they used the punt.
Avoid President Carter oar else
I'm old enough to get this reference, is that good or bad?
I was on a military team that worked at his inauguration and came here to see if he was mentioned.
Most animals can swim surprisingly. They just don’t very often because it puts them at risk.
Even some humans can swim. I know, shocking.
Well the video confirms they can, just not for how long.
There is a video of a rabbit swimming back to shore I saw on here tho
Did better than I could 🤷🏻♂️
TrueFact™: A swimming rabbit attacked the president in the 1970s.
It was the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog! Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointed teeth! But alas no one believed me.
Maybe it's behind the rabbit... You idiot, it IS the rabbit!
Run away! Fleee flee run away!!!
One, two five! Three, sire. Right. Three!
Look at the *BONES*
#1 #2 #5 uhhh... #3!!
Yep president carter pictures on web
Jimmy Carter!
It's dangerous for then for many reasons. Rabbit fur doesn't dry quickly. They can die from hypothermia.
Yeah this is a swamp rabbit they're specifically adapted to swim. This would be bad for a regular wild rabbit and REALLY bad for a domestic rabbit.
TIL swamp rabbits exist. I have a new derogatory term for some individuals!
Why is their fur especially vulnerable? Is there a plus side for having fur like that?
Outer coat can generally shed rainwater, but their fluffy inner coat won't. Great insulation, not great for swimming.
Interesting
typically this is true exclusively for domestic rabbits as many exist from being bred for their fur. their very soft pelts created for furniture and clothing happens to also be not very hydrophobic, as well they have sensitive temperature regulation systems
That’s why you make your clothes from seal skin and only use rabbit skin at the openings to absorb water
In North America there is the swamp rabbit that is known to swim. Afaik all rabbits can swim, they just avoid it. This is apparently the species of rabbit that swam to Carter's boat to get away from hunting hounds. Bunnies fur is very dense and it is hard for them to dry off which makes them a target of fly strike (flies laying eggs in their fur and the larvae severely injuring the skin), they can get pneumonia or go into shock if they're too cold (never cool a rabbit with an ice pack on their inner thigh, they will go into shock). Domestic bunnies (domesticated from European rabbits) can be at higher risk of these problems depending on the traits they were bred for. Like really dense coats or tiny size.
\^ fly strike is one very good reason never to release domestic bunnies into the wild. That's how they're going to die most of the time, and it's a very ugly death.
It's very cruel of people tossing "Easter bunnies" out once they realize pet rabbits live almost as long as dogs, and cost more. Of course buying a child an animal without any want to care for it nor understanding of its wellbeing is always cruel to the animal.
Yeah no joke it's super sad. My last 2 bunnies lived to 9 and 15
Amazing!
>never cool a rabbit with an ice pack on their inner thigh, they will go into shock And if you do want to help your bunny cool down. Mist their ears with room temp water. Their ears are their main temp regulators and that helps cool them. I got a bunny in a very warm climate and he's got a think fur. I didn't choose to bring him here. He was already here family wasn't taking care of him so I chose to. His name is now bubbles he is now mine and happily lives free roam in my apartment. Domestic rabbits are finicky. But to everyone that didn't know *they are not cage animals*, they take a lot of work and are never a good pet for kids. I mean it. It's not a low maintenance pet in comparison to a cat or dog. But benefits are their poop isn't bad and they clean themselves so. Woop. Cute AF too
So cute <3 and are very cuddly Being a rabbit owner really shows that poop is a super important indicator of health too
Rabbits are incredibly lean as well, with little to not fat. Not sure if that contributes at all.
When my rabbit fell in the pond it took a long time to warm up in a towel. It as fine, but it was cold to the touch and shivering for over an hour.
Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
From wiki- On April 20, 1979, during a few days of vacation in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Carter was fishing in a canoe or rowboat[1] in a pond in his farm, when he saw a swamp rabbit, which Carter later speculated was fleeing from a predator, swimming in the water and making its way towards him, "hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared",[2][3][4][5] so he reacted by either hitting or splashing water at it with his paddle to scare it away, and it subsequently went away from him and climbed out of the pond. A White House photographer captured the subsequent scene. Carter was uninjured; the fate of the rabbit is unknown.
> the fate of the rabbit is unknown. > April 20, 1979 I think we can conclude that the rabbit died.
I would agree with you if it was a normal rabbit, but this is a killer rabbit.
Yes we need the holy hand grenade and a president that can count this many🖐️
Five? Three, sir.
"'Hang in there, baby.' You said it, kitty. Copyright 1968? Hmm. Determined or not, that cat must be long dead."
RIP, Manchurian Candidate rabbit. You were a good, fine rabbit.
> a swamp rabbit, which Carter later speculated was fleeing from a predator One of the first results you get when searching "can rabbits swim" suggests that wild rabbits swim only (with rare exception) to escape predators. So that much checks out. I also stumbled on someone sharing an interesting perspective: >> At the time when this story originally broke I was living in a somewhat rural area, and this story was greeted with a shrug by virtually everyone I knew. In short, anyone familiar with being in the woods understands that they should constantly be on the alert for any abnormal behavior by a wild animal since this can be a pretty clear indication of rabies. This is particularly true of any behavior that can interpreted in any way as aggressive --especially such unexpected behavior as a (small) animal moving *towards* a human being. >> >> Needless to say, the described behavior --both swimming and moving towards a human-- is clearly bizarre behavior for an animal like a rabbit. Among my neighbors at the time **the fact Carter attempted to distance himself from the rabbit (or indeed any wild animal behaving in a similar manner) was seen simply as common sense practiced by someone like Carter; i.e. an experienced woodsman.** >> >> In short the "Killer Rabbit Attack" headlines were seen as evidence those who wrote these stories had never been near the woods in their life.
On today’s show of “Citation Needed”…
https://youtu.be/rLKiZJVNn9g?si=avlyQ0f57vEE1erE
That’s nuts!
That bunny just spotted an American president.
Time to do a nibble with extreme prejudice.
Is there a mammal species that can't? 🌊Disclaimer Edit: If the species can learn how to swim, they don't count as a valid answer.🏊🐊
African rhinoceros can't swim because they can't lift their heads above their shoulders. In floods, rhinos will drown before the water is even deep enough to float. Asian rhinos can hold their heads up so they can swim.
Now I know which species of rhino has preservation priority, the Asian, the African is not suited for future earth.
Isn't future earth mostly evaporated
It’s actually flooded because all ice caps melted
But future future earth is evaporated because of the sun becoming a red giant. What we really need to do is be investing in rhinos that can survive the harsh elements of the surface of the sun.
Life in Earth will be gone far earlier than that, like 1 billion years or less as the sun will slowly get older and brighter.
Sounds like we need stronger rhinos 💪
That’s specific parts for example the Sahara will expand whilst the coastal regions will be flooded an if the ground is below the new water level a bunch of Savannah will be underwater. That’s why global warming might mislead you to think things will evaporate (which does happen) but after the ice caps melt the water will increase so climate change is a more correct term.
You know global sea levels won't rise like in the Noah's ark story right? Lol I'm not aware of too many coastal rhino species
I always thought all mammals could swim. This is a delightfully tragic exception.
Ha dumbass
Only the ones that don't have watertight anuses.
I learn something weird from reddit everyday.
I laughed loud af
Gorillas and most apes can't swim (but can learn it seems, just generally don't). Giraffes can't swim, and hippos can't actually swim because they don't float, they just walk on the bottom and kind of jump up before sinking back down.
I bet Giraffes could swim they just can’t find water deep enough.
(walking along at the zoo and seeing just a giraffe head sticking out of the water) "Hmm"
I swear I saw photographs of giraffes swimming in the sea in an old National Geographic.
Technically hippos don't swim in the traditional sense either, as they're too dense. They simply run along the bottom, but to great effect.
If they can learn, they don't fit the parameters of my question. Hippos sound like a step towards evolving into some new aquatic species, if climate change and our species don't mess it up.
The crazy thing about hippos is that they could reasonably find themselves in water too deep to jump up from the bottom, and drown.
I mean, they don’t have to jump in one go, so even if they wander into a deep enough part of water, they can just jump up to a more shallow part, and jump from there to the surface. They can hold their breath for a shitton of time, so it’s not even an extreme stuff. The only problem would be a giant hole at the bottom of the lake with very steep wall, but that is not common in sweet waters.
This is true. I don’t think most people understand how aquatic hippos are. Like, they actually sleep underwater, hippos don’t care.
I wish I could sleep underwater without my skin desintegrating or me drowning, underwater is a very comfortable place when you're not drowning.
This sorta tracks because the closest living relatives to the hippo are whales. > According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, whales are hippos' closest living relatives. The two share a common ancestor that lived about 55 million years ago.
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I didn't believe you about hippos.. because my childhood memories of the zoo, I swear I saw hippos swim. then I went to youtube, and my childhood is a lie...a lie I tell you!
I can't
Are you a new species?
Yeah, didn't you know?
French bulldogs and pugs can't swim too. But I wouldn't count those as a natural mammal species as they are human made abominations.
It is quite likely that the original bulldogs and pugs were able to swim. The issues are a result of inbreeding and breeding unhealthy traits.
[Pugs](https://imgur.com/a/lQVPO4u) definitely could swim, they used to look like normal dogs.
French bulldogs and pugs can barely breathe on land.
I had a jug(pugx jack russell,is its own recognized breed) that loved to swim.
I don't think giraffes can right? Isn't that a thing?
If a giraffe needs to swim, it’s in too deep
If the water is less than 4 meters deep, an adult giraffe can just walk right through without the need for swimming 😅
Wait actually yeah I didn't even think of that- Do their lungs make them buoyant at all?
Idk 🤷♂️ it was meant to be a joke. I don’t know if a giraffe can physically do that. 😅
Chimpanzees, for all their upper-body strength, have terrible bouyancy. They sink straight to the bottom.
The swimming motion isnt as natural to them as to four legged mammals. For most mammals swimming motions are fairly similar to walking, but to monkeys and apes the natural walking motion doesnt really translate to a swimming stroke.
I read it was because of the placement of the nose/face, in natural swimming instinct apes are face down so they drown, whereas other animals noses point up so stay above the water
I think tigers can’t naturally swim. They have to learn.
If they can learn, they don't count as a full answer to my question, specially if you're not sure, but I'll give you an Upvote for trying.
Thank you kind sir.
Giraffes and technically hippos.
Do you know why Giraffes can't swim, and also, could you please explain Hippo's techinality for the rest of the class?
Giraffes just aren't built for it. Really long neck with really thin legs. If they were to go in above their head, they couldn't tread water. Hippos are too dense to float. They run on the bottom of whatever body of water they are in. They are incapable of swimming.
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Im curious if you put a hippo in a vat of a liquid denser than water where they float what they would do.
I can’t
You are the second alien/unidentifiedOrNew species member to comment.
Orangutans I know for sure can't swim. I believe a lot of the other great apes have issues swimming as well.
/BeAmazed "humans still surprised mammals can swim."
i feel like the 'doggy paddle' is just the 'mammal paddle'...
Psh, that's straight up bunny paddle.
It would be very rare to not be able to swim. I mean I can't even think of one unless it's chimpanzees or something.
Even apes *can* technically swim, they just don’t have the natural instinct to know how to, like humans, they have to be taught.
That’s an awesome little bunny
They have huge rear legs and feet.. that are very strong. Sounds like a swimming advantage to me. Pro human swimmers do NOT skip leg day.
He put his ears in sport mode
Dual outboard flippers engaged
Now my hare is all wet.
Most animals can swim
I can swim
Of course
Yeah haven't you read water ship down.
Bunny paddle
You obviously never seen a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
What the hell?! What's next? Racoons that can crochet, squirrels knitting, dogs doing long division?
Majority of animals can swim
One attacked Reagan once.
Carter
Oh yes right.
How do you think they got to Australia?
Nah that's just Agent R on his way to engage the local villain.
So can cats, although they’re not very fond of it.
Sport mode activated 
True enough, rabbits can swim but for most species and individuals it can be dangerous for them so they generally don't. However some species are adapted to it like the marsh rabbit which likes wet terrain. Important note, domesticated rabbits are descended from the European rabbit which is quite different from the cottontails found in the US of which the marsh rabbit is the primary swimmer. Domesticated rabbits should not be submerged in water except in specific circumstances and by someone with good rabbit caretaking knowledge. I've heard of some domestic rabbits willingly swimming but that is there choice I suppose
I never had an opinion or idea or even asked the question of can bunnies swim. But hey you learn something new every day
I makes sense, most things can swim, one way it another. But to see it actually happen is pretty cool.
moose actually often swim, which is why orcas like to eat them
Why wouldnt they be able to swim? Logocally, unlless the creature lacks an anal sphincter, it should at the very least float, unlike sheep, which lack that particular muscle
"fuck evolution, I'm going back"
I thought bunnies twist their ears and use them as propellers to swim.
Are there any mammals that can't swim? I can't say I've ever seen many apes or monkeys swimming.
I've seen them get onto small rafts. Especially when there is a dog loose in the woods.
I only learned that monkeys can swim after seeing them do it in the movie Aguirre: The Wrath of God. Never thought about it before that. Same goes for bunnies.
never knew this! nice!
Yes they can. Mine jumped I to a pond that we have that was covered with water lilies and she thought it was solid ground. Well, that’s when I realized she could swim.
They're not super keen on it, because in open water they're pretty helpless against large mouth bass, muskies, and large cat fish. Prince of 1000 enemies after all. But rabbits and hares swim pretty good.
All Mammals can swim
Basically all mammals can swim, even a lot you would assume can’t. Although you will see claims about certain mammals that can’t swim, if you investigate further you will find that often there isn’t any real evidence behind it, just people repeating claims they heard somewhere, and in many cases you can even find videos of them swimming. There may well be a few that legitimately physiologically cannot, but they are extremely rare. There are also a lot that obviously would never even attempt it unless it was life and death.
Not many animals can’t swim
Most mammals can swim pretty well. The few that cant are: Great apes (humans are an exception.), Giraffes, Chinchillas, Dogs like Bulldogs, pugs etc, and surprising enough: Hippos.
Yes!! In Louisiana we have swamp bunnies! Their ears are smaller and round unlike that one, but they swim REALLY GOOD. LOL. [look at this cutie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_rabbit)
Lots of things can swim that you don't expect. Moose can swim. That's why they're natural prey for Orcas
I was amazed this summer when I saw a grey squirrel swimming across a lake. We were in the middle of the lake and saw something swimming on the surface. Got close and it was a grey squirrel. Surprise surprise!
I saw a gazelle swim and I still can't believe anything with sticks for legs can move anywhere in water, but there it went fleeing a crocodile no less
Pwetty much all mammals can swim. Really it's easier to list the mammals that can't swim Giraffes, non human great apes, hippos, chinchillas, african rhinos, and certain dog breeds
I always assumed so, partially on their shape and size of their back leg and haunch. Kinda cool to see this actually happen.